Revelation: A Contemporary Erotic Romance (Iris Series) by Lynn Rebecca

Author:Lynn, Rebecca [Lynn, Rebecca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rebecca Lynn Romance
Published: 2014-05-21T16:00:00+00:00

PART TWO

Thirteen Years Earlier

Emily was on her back, reclining on her double bed with her right leg crossed over her left. She looked up at the ceiling and zeroed in on the poster that was taped there of John Rzeznik, the lead singer of the Goo Goo Dolls. She crooned along with the song playing by them on her stereo, falling into a deep reflective state.

And I don't want the world to see me, 'cause I don't think that they'd understand. When everything's made to be broken, I just want you to know who I am…

Emily lay there humming to the music and staring at the ceiling. When she’d seen the movie City of Angels the summer before, she’d cried like a baby. She was such a sucker for romances, whether they were good or bad. The song she was listening to was the main soundtrack for the movie and whenever she listened to it, she always thought of the same question: Would there ever be a man to love her with such intensity, like Nicolas Cage did Meg Ryan?

She sighed.

She was lonely.

Ever since ‘the incident’ she’d been in some kind of limbo.

The incident about which she was thinking was regarding her best friend, Taylor. It had been six months since her friend had been date raped by Richie Sutton, one of the popular football players at their high school in the suburb of Boston where they lived. Taylor had called Emily the night it happened after she’d gotten home from the date with him, and thankfully Emily had been able to convince her to go to the police.

She knew from being the niece of a prominent lawyer in the city that Taylor shouldn’t take a shower or anything. Taylor needed to get to the cops as quickly as possible, but Taylor was so scared no one would believe her. That’s when Emily called Uncle Ethan. He took care of things and eventually Richie was brought up on charges and sent to a juvenile facility.

It didn’t happen without fallout, though. In addition to the initial psychological damage Taylor had undergone, things were made worse when many friends turned on Taylor due to Richie being so well-liked. Even though she had done nothing wrong, kids still taunted her.

Emily did everything in her power to protect her. She’d convinced her parents to sign her up for self-defense classes so she could always be ready in case she or Taylor was ever in a dangerous situation. She wanted to feel stronger, more empowered. She needed that confidence because unfortunately she had been cursed with her maternal grandmother’s DNA, which basically meant at fourteen she barely cleared five feet in height. She could only hope she still had a few good inches left in her.

Since that awful night, all of the friends she’d had since kindergarten seemed to fall away.

The defense classes helped. The instructors were hot and she always felt good after learning moves from them, but she missed her friends.

She missed Taylor and the friendship they’d had.

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